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A FORTUNE AWAITING HER.
MRS. W. \V. GORDON AX HEIRESS TO
fSS,VOO IN CHICAGO.
By tlie Will of Her Uncle, (he L<e
.1 utin 11 .Magill. She Inherit* the
Greater Tort of Hi* Fortune n*
Menidnary Legatee—Mr. Maglll
AVell Known in Savannah. Having
Spent the Lust Three Winter* Here
With Hi* Mere—Wa* One of the
Early Settler* of Chicago—Mr*.
Cordon as Vet Inanare of Her
Fortune.
Mrs. Nellie H. Gordon, wife of Gen. W.
W. Gordon, has fallen heir (o a fortune
of $53,000, left her by her unole, the late
Julian Maglll, of Chicago. Mrs. Gordon
is in ignorance of her good fortune and
the announcement in the Morning News
Will be her first Information of it.
The family here was aware of the death
of Mr. Magill, but was under the im
pression that he left no fortune of any
importance. Mr. Maglll, who was an
oged gentleman and one of the oldest
a tilers of Chicago, died suddenly last
Wednesday while walking In the grounds
of a friend at Lake Geneva, near Chi
cago. A letter was received by Mr*. Gor
don giving information of the death of
her uncle and stating that it was believed
that he had left a will.
A dispatch received by the Morning
News last night stated that Mrs. Gordon
had Inherited a fortune from her uncle,
but giving no figures. A Morning News
reporter called at the residence of Gen.
Gordon, hut the general and Mrs. Gordon
had retired for the night, {'apt. G. Ar
thur Gordon, who was seen, stated that
his mother had been informed of the
death of her uncle. He did not attach
any importance to the report of a for
tune, however, as it was the impression
of the members of the family that Mr.
Maglll did not die possessed of any
amount of property.
The laie Mr. MagiT ms well known In
Savannah, having spent the last throe win
ters here with his niece. He was a tine
specimen of well preserved manhood, hav
ing an erect and well knit figure, with full
grey beard and a kindly, benevolent face,
lie was given to taking long walks and
became a we.l known hgure on the streets
of Savannah. Mr. Maglil was horn In Mid
dletown, Conn., in 1821, and removed to
Chicago, then a Western frontier post,
when a boy, living with his
brother-in-law, John H. Kinzle,
Mrs. Gordon's father. Mr. Kinzle
was the only white settler at that
t ime having a house outside of Fort Dear
born, and his daughter, Mrs. Gordon, was
the first white child born on the present
site of the city of Chicago.
At bout 17 years of age Mr. Maglll en
tered the employ of his uncle and made
frequent excursions Into the lumber re
g.ons of the Northwest on business for
bis unole. Jn ISI9 he went to California,
but did not become a gold seeker, carry
ing on business instead. Before the war
be returned to Chicago, where he married
ti Miss Rumsey, a memlier of the well
known Chicago fatni.y of that name and
who was possessed of considerable wealth.
Mr. Maglll engaged in the grain business.
In which he continued until 1870, when n
retired. Having r.o children, and being
possessed of a comfortable fortune, Mr.
and Mrs. Maglll sitent most of their time
abroad, spending the summers In Switzer
land and making their headquarters at
Lucerne, where Mr. Maglll became will
known. After the death of his wife Mr.
Magill returned to this country, spending
his winters with his niece in Savannah
end his summers with Ills wife’s relatives
tit Lake Geneva. After his wife’s death
Mr. Magill turned her fortune over to
her re.atives, and it was this that gave
the impression to hi* relatives here that
be was not possessed of any considerable
means.
A later dispatch, received from Chicago,
states that by the terms of Mr. MagiU’s
will Mrs. Gordon will receive nearly $86,-
000 as residuary legatee. George D. Rum
sey is made executor of the estate, which
is estimated to be worth SHE,OO3, largely
in stocks, bonds and money. Among the
bequests mentioned In the will are a house
end lot at Riverside to Mrs. Carrie G.
KinsJe, and $5,000 each to George Dole
Rumsey. Julian Magill Rumsey. Miss
Laura M. Kinzie and Mrs. Nellie H. Gor
don. and $3,Ui each to Mrs. J. K. Ellis
end Mrs. L. M. Ferrin.
AUTOMOBILES ON 111 XL STBEET.
Mayor Myers Think* Connell ’Would
Have to Grant u Franchise.
Since the offer was made by the Edison
Electric Illuminating Company to furnish
power for one year to operate the first au
tomobile brought to Savannah, speculators
have been wondering whether a couple of
the carriages could be operated to ad
vantage as a transfer line on Bull street.
This would be a novel means of getting
over the street, and would be an attraction
for visitors. Those who undertook It, how
ever, would first have to obtain a fran
chise.
Mayor Myers was asked yesterday
whether he thought a franchise would bo
necessary if enterprising person* should
go into the transfer business with auto
mobiles on Bti-n street, lie said he thought
Council would have to authorize the oper
ation of the new cariiages by special ordi
nance. If the automobiles were ever
brought to Savannah, however, the Mayor
had no doubt but a l.beral spirit would be
shown. The city would at least be a* llb
etal in its il. allngs with a novel undertak
ing of this kind as the electric light com
pany h6d shown its inclination to be.
JUMPED FIIOM TUB BIRMINGHAM.
Capt. Barg Wired of the Suicide of
One of Hl* I
Vico President John M. Egan was wired
from New York yesterday that James
Moore had jumped overboard from the
steamship City of Birmingham while the
vessel was en route to that city. The City
of Birmingham left Savannah last Wed
nesday. arriving ot New York night before
last. It was soon after her arrival that
Capt. Burg telegraphed the vice presi
dent, telling him that the passenger had
committed suicide on the way.
The telegram was brief, having no par
ticulors os to who James Moore might
have bun. The reeotds show the man
was sold u ticket from the tip-town office
of the company, but no r. collection of him
Is hud by ihe clerk who made the sale.
Bo many apply for passage that it is h
• dlfficut mailer for the ticket clerks to re
call just what manner of persons present
themselves. Nothing could be learned
yesterday of such u man. The officials
of the company could not find out who he
was.
The Court of Ordlnury.
Anna Hall, widow of Abraham Hill,
filed petition in the Court of Ordinary yes
terday for a year’s support.
John A. Goetio, administrator of the
estate of Lula Dortle, filed petition for
letters diemUsory.
WALKER WAS KNOWN HERE.
The Alexandria Suicide an ex-Em
ploye of tlie G. and A.
Sidney Walker, the young man whose
suicide at Alexandria, Va., was reported
in yesterday's Morning News, was well
known in Savannah, having lived here
about eighteen months. For the last four
or five months he had been in the em
ploy of the auditor’s office of the Georgia
and Alabama Railway, and the announce
ment of hia death was a great shock to
his associates there.
Previous to his employment by the Geor
gia and Alabama. Walker was with the
auditing department of the Plant System.
He came to Savannah from Montgomery,
where he had been for some time in the
Louisville and Nashville office.
Walker left Savannah for Baltimore
about two week* ago, stating that he was
going from there to Norfolk, Va. He had
lost his position with the Georgia and
Alabama, and It Is known that he had
very little money, as he pawned his watch
for S3O before leaving Savannah. Mr. H.
C. Bohn, a grocer at 237 Hast Broad street,
with whom Walker boarded, has the pawn
ticket, and would be glad for some friend
of Walker to take the ticket and redeem
the watch. Walker occaslqpally spoke of
a brother, and Mr. Bohn says that he has
no doubt the brother would be glad to
get the watch. Mr. Bohn said that al
though Walker boarded with him four or
five months, he- knew nothing of his fam
ily or where his home was. He supposed
that it was in Virginia or somewhere
further North.
That Walker went from Savannah to
Balt more is known, because one of the
clerks In the Georgia and Alabama office
received a Baltimore paper some days
ago with Walker's name written on the
margin. There was nothing in the paper
concerning Walker, nor anything to show
why he had sent it. Hi* friend who re
ceived it here supposed that he had taken
this way of informing him of his where
abouts.
Auditor W. H. MarFnrlnnd of the Geor
gia and Alabama Railway, expressed great
regret at the suicide of young Walker.
He had no douht that It was his former
that had suicided, and Walker’s
acquaintance)* in the office were of the
same opinion. Mr. MacFarland said that
Walker was uncommunicative and prac
tically nothing was known of his ante
cedents. The deeeased was quiet and
well behaved, he said, and the only fault
to be found with him was that he some
times drank more than was good for him.
He was somewhat moody and despondent
nt times, and his acquaintance* supposed
that he had taken hia life in a fit of de
spondency.
ST. VINCENT'S GRADUATES.
Exercl*c* at the Theater Thursday
Afternoon nt 3:311 O’clock.
The exercises of the graduating class of
St. Vincent's Academy will be held at the
theater Thursday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock,
instead of at 4:30 o'clock, as has been pre
viously announced, and as the invitations
read. The change is made on account or
the fact that later in the afternoon the
atmosphere is generally decidedly cooler.
The valedictorian of the class will be
Miss Florence McDermott and the saluta
torlan Miss Cecile McLaughlin. The class
roll is as follows: Misses Rose Florence.
McDermott, Julia Cler O’Gorman, Cecilia
Catherine McLaughlin, Mary Helen Gat
laher and Maud Mozelle Eason.
The exercises of commencement day
will consist of the reading of Ihe vale
dictory and salutatory, vocal and instru
mental music by the members of the grad
uating and undergraduating classes, and
the delivery of honors and diplomas. The
orchestra will be under the direction or
'Prof. J. Wiegand, which is a sufficient
guarantee of its excellence. Some of the
instrument selections will be rendered by
the Academy Mandolin Club, Misses Maud
Eason, Lillie Belle Jewett and Annie
O’Brien, mandolins; Miss Julia Boyle, gui
tar, and Miss Mae Palmer, banjo.
It Is the intention to make the exercises
as short as can be made consistent with
the Idea that animates the teachers—that
of conveying to the friends of the school
on adequate conception of the work that
it has done and is doing. There will be
no superfluous numbers. Introduced merely
to fill space'on the programme and kill
time In their execution, and for this rea
son what remains is certain to be enjoya
ble.
The Cafferly prize for mathematical ex
cellence was competed for by the members
of the graduating class last week and was
won by the valedictorian, Miss Florence
McDermott. Miss McDermott ha* lied for
almost every honor for which she compet
ed, but by a freak of fate this is the first
that she has won.
SAW PLANETS AND THE MOON.
Hoy* of (he Graduating C'lnsn Used
(lie Rig Telescope,
The big 'High School telescope was giv
en an airing last night, the boy* of the
graduation class taking peeps at the heav
ens. Mr. M. M. Parks, who has charge
of the astronomy branch of the High
School, invited the boys to meet at the
academy for an hour with the planets
and the moon. Quite a number responded
to the invitation, and the hour was pleas
antly spent.
Jupiter was the first planet examined.
His four moon* were plainly visible
through the telescope, and everybody had
an opportunity to see the enormous mass
and its satelites. Saturn was next ob
served, and his rings were clearly and
beautifully Indicated by tne Instrument.
Mr. Parks directed some of the boys
to locate the polar star. They had no
difficulty In doing so, and soon Polaris
was covered by the telescope. Mr. Parks
asked why it was that he did not have to
continually train the instrument upon the
star, as he had to do when viewing oth
ers. The answer was readily forthcom
ing, the boy* appreciating the fact that
the star is in the continuation of the line
of the earth * axis.
By the time the inspection of a number
of the planets and star* had been com
pleted the moon was high enough above
Ihe horizon to admit of her examination.
There was a great deal discovered to In
terest, and more satisfaction wa* found
in viewing the earth’s s.itelite Ilian uny
other of the heavenly bodies.
To-morrow night the girls of the grad
uating elass will be given a chance with
Ihe telescope. Mr. larks will be out to
help them get the best results and to
direct their observation*.
COMMISSIONER'S BIG FEE.
Mr, LcnWcn Get* $10,300 for Services
In Central Litigation.
Mr. NY. R. I-taken has been allowed by
Circuit Judge Don A. Pardee, sitting at
New Orleans, $10,500 for his services as
master commissioner in the sale of the
property of the old Central Railroad and
Binking Company lo Thomas & Ryan. Out
of this lie is to pay the expenses necessar
ily incurred In making the salo.
The rest of ihe fund in his possession he
is directed to pay to the Central of Georgia
Railway Company, upon the condition that
that corporation pay to the creditors of It*
predecessor the balance of the bid made
by Thomas A- Ryan for the property of ;he
Central Railroad and Hanking Company.
Around the Horn.
The steamer O.lfton will make a trip
around the Horn this afternoon, leaving
Whitaker street wharf at 3:30 and return
ing at 9 p. in. The steamer will pass
Thunderbolt and Wilmington.— ad.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JUNE 23,15D9.
'TWIXT DARK AND DAWN.
MR. AND MR*. L. ELEOPOI’MI FLED
BY LIGHT OF THE MOON.
They I.eft Many Disconsolate anil
Generally Unsecured Creditors to
.Mourn Their Departure—lt I* Said
Thnt Their Daughter's Heeent
Elopement With Nlelt Aprea Has
tened Their Own Flight—Their
Countrymen In Savannuh Have
Been the Victims of Tltelr Gallo
anil the £poil of Tltelr How nnd
Spear—An Unsavory Reputation
Accentuated.
L. Eleopoulo, the Bull street confec
tioner, and Mrs. Eleopoulo left Savannah
for New York Friday night, leaving be
hind them a small army of creditors, who
descended yesterday upon the remnant* of
the property the fleeing confectioner had
left behind, and took summary possession.
Of late the Eieopoulos have been in a
peck of trouble, caused by the elopement
of their daughter with Nick Aprea, an
Italian, whom they did not fancy in the
role of a suitor. They had selected what
they considered a more eligible party in
the person of a fellow-countryman from
Philadelphia, and were disagreeably ur
gent in their demands that the young wo
man should accept him. In her refusal to
do so she was equally firm and her par
ents, in the effort to coerce her consent,
had resorted to the methods of compul
sion in vogue in the dark ages, but which
of late have fallen into somewhat ill r
que.
It Is said, with a show of reason and
an appearance bf truth, that they kept
the girl confined in a dark room and em
phasized and accentuated their demands
that she should accede to their wishes
In the matter by physical punishment.
The neighbors have tales galore to tell of
the way in which the girl had been treat
ed and her elopement with Aprea, as
would have been the case had she eloped
with any one else, surprised no one of
them. She Is of much more than average
Intelligence, and has received the benefit
of quite a fair amount of education, is
pretty and attractive, and possessed of a
spirit too high to permit her to submit
calmly to the 111-treatment to which she
was subjected by her parents.
At any rate, she ended matters for good
and all by eloping with the man upon
whom she had fixed her affections, and
who it appenred was In every way worthy
of them and of her. This happened sev
eral days ago, and the news was received
by the parents with weeping and wailing
and gnashing of teeth. The clouds of dis
appointment were lowering around them,
nnd their child's alleged ingratitude stung
tliein like a serpent's fang. In the domi
cile of the Eleopoulo* there was contin
ual lamentation, and each piece of famil
iar household furniture brought up recol
lections of their lost and absent daughter
that preyed upon their minds until they
could stand it no longer. Helped in reach
ing the determination by other considera
tions, they decided to migrate to green
fields and pastures new.
These additional considerations were the
Importunities of their creditors, to whom
they were indebted in a sum of about $1,500
to $2,000. The exact amount for which
they hud succeeded In roping In the peo
ple of Savannah Is not and probably will
never be known, for the name of their
creditors Is legion. It Is said that they
have touched almost everyone of their
countrymen in Savannah for larger or
smaller amounts and that few of the lat
ter have escaped, giving over their hard
earned sheokels, the products of the sale
of peanuts, bananas.or fluh.under the Influ
ence of the beguiling and confidence-in
spiring eloquence of the Eleopou
los. However this may be it
is certain that with their disap
pearance the weeping and wailing were
transferred to numbers of their compatri
ots. who in their innocent credulity had
been induced to deliver up various smell
amounts and who filled the offices of the
magistrates with their presence and their
howls for attachments and revenge.
First on the scene with an attachment
was Eli Arvanltl, a fish dealer in the
market, who got wind of the departure
of h!s pondam friends, and sued out an
attachment before Justice Nathans for
$36. Nick Boldea, another Greek, fol
lowed with an attachment for about the
same amount and Leopold Adler swore
out a distress warrant for the unpaid rent
of the store on Bull street and Brough
ton lane, and an attachment on an open
account for merchandise. The distress
warrant amounted to $87.7# and the at
tachment to $21.b7. Various other parties
followed with claims for various smaller
amounts.
These were all sued out before Justice
Nathans, and he levied upon the fixtures
and the stock of good* in the store- In
what Is popularly known as the twinkling
of a lamb's tale ihe candy that made up
the stock had been removed to the office
of the magistrate, and the only thing left
was the soda water apparatus, recently
put in, but bought on the installment plan
and never paid for. Title to this was re
served and remains In the manufacturers.
Scarcely had this levy been made when
a second lot of attachments and distress
warrants began to flow Into the office of
Justice M. Naughtin. The Savannah Gro
cery Company had a claim for $179, Kava
naugh & Brennan for S9O, Colling*, Gray
son & Cos. for $56. The owner of the prem
ises In which the Eieopoulos lived, the
second story of the house on State street,
the second door east of Bull, swore out a
distress warrant for rent, and there were
laborers' liens and claims of other kinds
for Justice Naughtin to act upon. The
household goods went the way of the
stock in the store, only that they were
carried to the office of Justice Naughtin
instead of to that of Justice Nathan.
The magistrates say that had they want
ed to do so they could have Issued a
hundred attachments during the day, but
that they stopped because they aiready
had more claims than the goods on hand
would satisfy. Every few minutes an ex
cited Greek would rush frantically Into
the office of one of the magistrates and
Inform that functionary that he wanted
to swear out an attachment against the
property and effects of L. Eleopoulo, and
that ho particularly desired to do it quick.
He was generally Informed that he had
lost his chance, and that there was noth
ing left for him to do.
The Eieopoulos seem to have repeated
In Savannah the same tricks of which
they have teen guilty in New York and
other places. Their reputation is decided
ly bad, and those who had known them
elsewhere have profited by old experiences
and studiously avoided their snares while
they were in Savannah. Frofti the amount
of swearing In what Is left of the classic
Greek that took place on the streets yes
terday, and from the painful set of ex
periences which formed its basis, it would
seem that Bret Haile's aphorism, to the
effect lhat "For ways that are dark and
for tricks lhat are vain, the heathen Chi
nee is peculiar," ha* been abundantly dis
proved. The Eieopoulos could give any
Celestial If. Savannah cards and spade's
ami treat him at his own game.
There was a rumor cumin on ihe streets
that Eleopoulo ha 1 gone in search of h:s
truant daughter and her husband, had
found them in Amerleus and had ahot
Aprea down in his trucks. Tho rumor
spread around the streets and received al
most implicit credence fiom n large mun
' ber ot Pvopvc. Whoever was the practical
joker who perpetrated the yarn, it was a
good one and for a time had the people who
were Interested in the affairs of the E.&o
poulos filled with a desire lo learn more
of the details. A delegation v.s.n-d ihe of
fice of the Morning News, but nothing had
been heard that would satisfy them. The
report was set at rest by the siatemnt of
those who knew that Eleopoulo and h.s
wife had gone to New York and could pot
possibly have been In Amerleus.
TO FORWARD THE PETITION.
Srvent** Appeal to tlie Governor Will
Go to Atlanta Till* Week.
The petition to the Governor for the com
mutation of the sentence of Harry Sweat,
who Is under sentence to hang on July 22.
will be forwarded to Atlanta this week.
The petition has been numerously signed,
among the signers being members of the
grand jury which Indicted Sweat, and of
the jury which convicted him. A number of
well known citizens are also among the
signers of the petition, among the number
being several members of the bar.
The petition will be forwarded by Mr. NV.
C. Hartridge. who recently aptmared be
fore the Buprenk* Court in Sweat's behalf.
With the petition Mr. Hartridge will for
ward a copy of the brief which he sub
milted In Ills argument b fere the Supreme
Court. In this brief Mr. Hartridge lays
stress upon the c-Taim that the
evidence of the state's witnesses at the
trial dees not make out a case of murder
and that a fair consideration of this evi
dence by the unbiased wiR show that
Sweat's crime at the worst could not have
been more than manslaughter.
“The public mind was prejudiced against
Sweat at the time of the trial,” said Mr.
Hartridge. “The idea prevailed that he
has Invaded the sanctity of a home, avail
ed himself of a wife's infidelity and mur
dered her husband when Ihe latter was
endeavoring to place his children in decent
keeping. Public morality was offended,
and the feeling which prevailed naturally
extended to the jurors without any inten
tion on their part to do the accused an
Injustice. While all the circumstances at
tending the killing were exceedingly dis
reputable, the facts show that O'Neill,
his wife and Sweat were all in the same
boat and that there was no foundation
for the idea that Sweat had invaded
O'Neill’s home and tlmn murdered the
Injured husband. O'Nei l was well aware
of the life his wife was leading. He knew
that she was a disreputable character
when he married her and that her char
acter did not improve after their mar
riage. He went away to the war leaving
her to support herself and her two chil
dren by disreputable means. He was
aware of the life she was leading and
took no exception to the visits of Sweat
and others. The woman was not Sweat’s
mistress, us Ihe public was
lead to believe at the time
of the killing. The evidence of the
stale's witnesses shows that Sweat had
ample opportunity to kill O’Neill at sev
eral different times during the night of
the killing, and that had he been plotting
to kill him he could have done so with
much more safety to himself on these oc
casions than at the time the affray act
ually occurred. There was sufficient evi
dence to show that O'Neill made an at
tack upon Sweat, and that it was in re
pulsing this attack that ihe fatal wounds
were Inflicted. It may not have been a
deadly aitack, but there was sufficient
provocation to reduce the crime to the
grade of manslaughter.”
Mr. Hartridge said that the Supreme
Court makes It a rule to uphold the de
cision of the court below in criminal cases
unless It is apparent that some error in
the law has been committed. Il takes it
for granted that the facts have been care
fully weighed In the court below, and
that it Is not necessary to review them in
the higher court.
The petition will doubtless be referred
by the Governor to the pardoning board,
nnd upon the recommendation of that
board depends upon whether the sentence
of the court will be executed.
YOUNG LAWYERS GALORE.
University Send* Many to Increase
Tlio*e nt the Sin an an h Bar.
A profusion of college-bred youths from
the University of Georgia will soon be
among the people of Savannah to start
on their journey along that proverbially
rocky and difficult road to travel, the law.
More than the usual number will be un
loaded In a few days, and {here’ll be more
youthful knowledge in Savannah offices
than there has been for an entire year.
Some of the brightest members of the
senior and law classes will locate In Sa
vannah. Two or three of the seniors will
go right into offices, preferring thnt train
ing to the sort they would secure at a law
school. Three or four members of the law
class think they see an opening for good,
live, alert young men. In Savannah, and
the profession will be worked for all it is
worth by them.
Mr. Pratt Adams, a son of Mr. 9. B.
Adams, is a graduate of the academic de
partment, who will go into the office of
Messrs. Denmark, Adams & Freeman at
once. It Is safe, to predict that Mr. Ad
ams has a career before him, as his nat
ural abilities have been thoroughly train
ed and supplemented by his college course,
careful application to his studies and
faithful performance of his duties. His
personal popularity and ability to make
friends will be found a potent factor in
the success his friends are confident awaits
him.
Mr. B. C. Yancey comes from Rome. He
was a members of the law ciass. No de
sire to practice law there binds him to his
nailve heath, and his coming to Savannah
will, it is understood, be to the office of
Messrs. Denmark, Adams and Freeman.
Mr. R. J. Travis comes from Covington
with a resplendent record. He was first
honor man in the law class at the univer
sity, and two years ago was first honor
man at Emory College. A short while ago
he won the ready writer's medal at the
university. He is very highly esteemed by
all who know horn, and It Is belioved he
will soon forge to the front In Bavannah.
Mr. Charles Hohensteln Is a Bavannah
young man who has just graduated from
the academic department. At the High
School in this cliy lie made a good record,
and It has been kept up at the university.
It Is understood he Is to undertake the
study of law in one of the offices here.
Mr. Ralford Falligant is the son of Dr.
L. A. Falligant. He will begin the prac
tice of law. having just been graduated
from the law department. It is believed
the success of his uncle. Judge Robert
Falligant, will be repeated in the career
of the nephew.
Mr. Krotise Is a Bainbridge graduate of
the low diass. He Is expected before many
das'* to make his appearance and put out
a shingle. Two or Ihrec more are spoken
of, but those mentioned are understood to
have definite plans. It ts ptobahle that
others -will decide upon Savannah as the
place to ply their profeslsoo. but they
have yet to announce their positive Inten
tion.
Hospitality should be the desire of all.
Serve Cook's Imperial Champagne Extra
Dry and your reputation will be establish
ed.—ad.
Hibbon Sole,
To-morrow at Krouskoffs 1.000 yards
fancy ribbon, at 19c, worth 50c; there are
the best qualities. Krouakoff's.—ad.
Tetley’* lee Tea.
Jackson, Metzger & Cos. are serving
Tetley's iced tea in their basement. Free
to everybody.—ad.
SAVANNAH’S SHARE OF TAX.
INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS ARE
ALMOST QUADRUPLED.
Savannah Business Men NS ill Have
Paid by June 30 $150,000 Jin’ Rev
enue Stamp*. an Aftniuit $lO,OOO
for the Prevtonn Pineal Year— The
Beer Tax Nearly Doubled—Docu
mentary Ntaoips Brills In Much
Bloney—llnilroadn I’ay $ 1,1)00 a
Month on Bills of Lading;'—A Ques
tion Ruined an to the Stamp Tax
on Foreign Ship Charters NVlilch
May Call for International Discus
sion.
Savannah has contributed its share to
the expense of Uncle Sam's little venture
in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines.
A statement sent out by the treasury de
partment recently showed how enormous
ly the government's revenues had been in
creased by the war tax bill, the receipts
from Internal revenues being larger than
for any year since 1569.
While Savannah s contribution would
look very small beside the grand total,
the war tax has been very perceptibly
felt here. In round figures the business
men of Savannah have paid in Internal
revenues alsne $llO,OOO more during the
fiscal year now drawing to a close than
they paid during the previous fiscal year.
During ihe fiscal year of 1897-98, internal
revenue stamps to the amount of about
Jib,ooo were used in Savannah. I-’ or the
fiscal year which closes June 30, it is es
timated that the expenditure here for rev
enue stamps will fall little if any short
of $150,000. This does not include all that
the people of Savannah have contributed
to the support of the government since
the war began by a great deal. A great
er part of the products upon which stamps
are required were stamped at the place
of manufacture. Then there Is no way of
estimating how much revenue the people
of Savannah have contributed to the gov
ernment’s revenue by means of the tariff,
which catches everybody from the babe
In the cradle to the corpse in the coffin.
One hundred and fifty thousand dollars
simply represents the direct expenditures
nl this point for Internal revenue stamps.
The Increased tax fell more heavily upon
the breweries and their customers than on
any other line of business. About $50,000
of the stamp receipts at this point were
for beer stamps. From $1 a barrel for beer
the tax was increased to $2. A discount,
however, was allowed of 7Vz per cent, on
Ihe Increase, making Ihe revenue tax on
each barrel of beer $1.87V4-
Next to beer the largest receipts have
been for documentary stamps, these being
the stamps required upon deeds, checks,
notes, drafts, bills of lading, and every
kind of commercial paper, including tele
grams and express receipts. The receipts
for documentary stamps have amounted
to about $l,OOO per week. The railroads
alone buy about $l,OOO worth a month for
bitls of lading. Persona who have bought
and sold property sinV the war revenue
act went Into effect have had to pay dearly
for the privilege. The government requires
a $1 stamp for very $l,OOO of value of the
properly transferred. Many deeds have
been recorded at the court house with $23
to $3O of stamps attached and one deed is
known to have had $250 of stamps at
tached.
The requirement of a 1-eent stamp upon
every bank check, telegram, express re
ceipt and railroad bill of lading has been
found a very annoying, as well as ex
pensive, feature of the tax act. The bus
iness men claim that the government's
receipts from this source do not warrant
the annoyance and Inconvenience which
It causes in business circles, and It is evi
dent that a determined effort for the re
peal of this clause will be made ut the
next session of Congress. The druggists
have bought only about $5,000 of stamps
for proprietary medicines. This is be
cause the medicines are now stamped by
the manufacturers before being shipped
from the factories. When the act first
went into effect the local dealers had to
buy stamps as a stamp had to be affixed
to each package before it was sold.
A feature of the act that is causing
some trouble in local business circles now
is the requirement that each charter
party or ship’s charter must pay a tax
of from $3 to $lO, according to the ton
nage of the vessel chartered. Local ship
brokers making charters on this side
have had to pay this tax. Brokers hav
ing foreign offices have evaded this tax
by having their charters made on the
other side, duplicates being forwarded to
the brokers and consignees on this side.
The internal revenue commissioner has
rendered a recent decision on a case
brought to his attention from Savannah
to the effect that the duplicate received
by the consignees on this side mult be
considered as the original charter so far
mf the purposes of the act are concerned
and stamped accordingly. If this de
cision is made retrouuUve, the Savannah
shippers will be caught to the tune of
about $2,00*1 on charters made on the
other side during the last season. In in
terpretations of obscure sections of the
tax act, however, the department has
not made it a rule to make its decisions
retroactive where it was evident that the
law was not understood and that there
was no intention to defraud the govern
ment.
Copt. D. G. Purse, as president of the
Board of Trade, has taken this matter up
with the Internal revenue commissioner,
and also the further point as to which du
plicate of the charter shall be considered
the original for taxing purposes. It is
customary to make several copies of these
duplicates, a copy being furnished to the
broker on this side, and also to the con
signee, where the broker and consignee
are separate. The captu'n of the vessel la
also provided with a duplicate and the
rule of maritime trade is that in case of
any difference in the terms and conditions
of the several duplicates that the one held
by the contain shall be authoritative. This
being the case, Capt. Purse has iaku
the position that the duplicate held by
the captain shou.d be considered the orig
inal for taxing purposes. A decision to
tills effect would mean that the shin
owner would pay the tax and not the
charterer on this side. The question Is
now being considered by the department
The question is one which affe t , ship
pers at oil the American pons nd Mso
ihe foreign ship owners. The Norwegian
consul at Savannah has taken the mattes
up with his minister at Washington and
it is not unlikely that other consuls wiil
do the same thing, so that the question
may become one for international dis-us
sion.
ills Little Daughter
Was troubled with a painful skin eruption,
and after all other remedies foiled, the fa
ther writes: “Send me four more boxes of
Tetterine for my little daughter. It docs
her more good than anything xv e ever
tried. Yours, etc., Jos. S. Porter, Lynch
burg, S. C.” At druggists 50c. box, or post
paid by J. T. Shuptrlne, Savannah Ga
—ad.
Men’s Crush Suits,
Avery fine quality, made up In best pos
sible manner, all sizes, fitted perfectly
stout, long or extra large; usually sold at
$5: only $2.88. In clothing department a*
Leopold Adler, a.—ad. “
There Is a Bight NVoy and a Wrong
Way to Do Everything.
The right way to insure your life is
see that the company is an "old line”
company, see lhat it has reserve suffi
cient to protect every one of its policies,
and an adequate, not an excessive, sur
plus. See that it is a mutual company:
see that it pays dividends to Us policy
holders annually; see that the amount of
cash, as well as paid-up insurance, is
guaranteed in the policy for every year,
beginning with the second; see that the
paid-up insurance is participating, and
has an increasing guaranteed cash sur
render value; see that should you desire
to have your dividends accumulate, that
your receipt will, each year, show the
amount of increased insurance purchased
by your dividends, or, if you prefer, that
your dividends accumulate to accelerate
the policy, that you receive credit each
year for the interest earned, and be sure
to see that you have the right, during
any future year, to convert these divi
dend accumulations into cash. The wrong
way Is to imagine lhat an assessment
company is as good us an old line com
pany. Never mind what the agent says;
it is most certainly not. When consider
ing Tontine insuranoe don’t place too much
dependence on estimates; you have got
to wait a long time, and you may be dis
appointed with the results. There is no
good reason why you should allow your
dividends to remain in the hands of a
oompany without receiving credit for
them. Don’t imagine, because some “old
line” agent gives you a lower rate, that
you are getting a bargain; life insurance
has not yet been sold by the department
stores. Perhaps he is giving you an ordi
nary life 20-year Tontine rate, and is try
ing to make you believe that it is a mi
payment life policy, or. perhaps, he is
quoting you a “stock rate.” and you fore
go all your dividend earnings to the com
pany. These are valuable
pose you write Harty & Apple, managers
for Georgia, the Massachusetts Mutual
Life Insurance Company, No. 117 Bay
street, east, and get them to make you
a comparison; some of their literature will
be interesting and Instructive, and they
send it to you for the asking.—ad.
Ladies' Hnt Sale nt IvronskodTs.
Misses mixed straw 6ailors, 48c; others
ask sl.
Ladies mixed straw sailors, 73c; others
ask $1.50.
White Jumbo straw sailors, 23c; others
ask 30c.
White Jumbo straw sailors, 48c; others
ask sl.
White satin split straw sailors, 48c; oth
ers ask $1.50.
White Leghorns, 48c; others ask sl.
White Leghorns, 98c; others ask $1.50.
White short back sailors, 48c; others
ask sl.
Children’s straw hats, all colors, 21c;
others ask 50c.
These are new, fresh goods, /just re
ceived, at Krouskoff's.—ad.
Important Life Insurance Change.
The many friends of Mr. A. L. Shelfman
in Savannah end throughout the state,
will be interested to learn lhat he has
severed his connection with the Mutual
Benefit of New Jersey to accept a very
advantageous appointment from the Mu
tual Life Insurance Company of New
Y ork.
Perhaps no man is more thoroughly Iden
tified w!th ihe life insurance business in
Savannah, than Mr. Shellman, and his
quiet, conscientious, unremitting work
during the past years has made him one of
the foremost insurance men in the field.
His sphere of usefulness is now widened,
inasmuch as his work will not be con
fined to Savannah alone, but will extend to
the principal cities throughout the state.
He wit, however, continue to make Sa
vannah his home, and much of his time
will be spent here, associated with the
company's local manager, Mr. Cornelius F.
Moses, at their offices in the Provident
building, where they are always glad to
see their friends and those of the company
which they so well represent.
Leopold Adler,
Millinery Department.
Special sale this week of rough straw
Bailors at 75c and Jumbo straw sailors,
worth 50c, at 32c.—ad.
Crimp Crnst Breuil
Twice daily; morning and 1:30 p. tn. I
have just received fresh lot of candy,
highly flavored. It is new candy for this
season, 20c a pound. John Derst, pro
prietor.—ad.
Tetley’s Ice Tea Free.
Jackson, Metzger & Cos. are serving
Tetley's Iced tea In their basement. Free
to everybody.—ad.
-N
$72.55 to Los Angeles, Cal., and Re
turn.
Central of Georgia Railway will sell ex
cursion tickets to Los Angeles, Cal., and
return at rale of $72.55, via direct routes,
and tickets will be on sale June 24 to July
7. inclusive, with final limit Sept. 5 1899
Special concessions will be accorded. For
information as to routes, rates, limits etc
call on W. G. Brewer, city ticket agent’
107 Bull street.—ad. '
Ladles’ Trimmed Hats,
This sason’s most stylish effects, $5.00 and
SO.OO values, at $2,43, in millinery depart
ment, on second floor, at Leopold Adler's.
It Is a great deal easier to keep well than
it is to get well after you are once sick
n ‘- C vi,allze9 impoverished
blood. It gives a splendid appetite It
the Ideal medicine for our Southern ell
mate, if you feel all let down, brace uo
rn a boitle of Johnson’s Tonic. Nothing
else as good.—ad.
Go to the Shore.
Engage rooms early. Write Ecker &
Lee, the new proprietors of the United
States Hotel, Atlantic City, N. J. These
gentlemen, among the best known in the
United States, have taken the above ho el
for a terms of years and desire your ~'at
ronage. Three hundred rooms overlook
ing the sea. A substantial, safe building
Writes ,o , ca '* on - Reasonable rates'
\\ rite for particulars—ad. 3 ’
At Masonic Temple.
Day and night school. Bookkeeping
penmanship, shorthand and typewriting
Special summer rates. Draughon’s r„„
tieal Business College, second floor Mi"
sonic Temple, Call at once-ad '
Pattern Hnt Sale.
$3.00 for elegantly trimmed Leghorn
hats, worth $6.00; competitors try to copv
but cannot do so. Krouskoffs.— ad.
At the Big Store.
I am making a big run on Anderson’s
Eagle Jams at ICc a jar. This is capita!
product, and you should try |,
chopped pickles. Chill sauce, Ent-wei, sa
ad dressing, mustard, horse faddish n
AH good and seasonable c „' h flav< > r
your order to-morrow, and it wnt f ° ne
prompt attention, j H „ Set
tone 468.— ad. **• Entelimin.
At Isle of Hope.
The Morning News is on
morning at Barbee n i 3 6 every
-ad. 60 & Band * * Restaurant.
This Is an Advertisement.
After nursing and petting and pumping
Count von Eaterheap gave out the fol
lowing to Relchenburgh College students,
which has become famous the world over;
“Above all things, young men, see that
your food is clean and cooked well.”
That’s all.
No one takes issue with the Count. All,
agree that he is right; but the question has
often arisen, how is one to know that his
food is clean and cooked well. Hick*
answers it: “By eating at those plac. ,
which have reputations for preparing clean
food and for cooking clean food. They
are few, but they axe to be found, never
theless."
These restaurants, It will be found, ai
compelled to employ the best cooks; they
buy the best meats; the best vegetables"-
the best fruits—in fact, they must have
the pick of whatever is put on the mar
ket. Such a restaurant Is Hicks’.
The majority of concerns do not do this.
They put up with vegetables after they
have been picked; they take meets re.
fused by somebody else; they buy t-hean
fruits and they hire cooks without recom
mendation or reputation. And they t| r j
always able to say that they are ih a
cheapest place in town.
They speak the truth.
But there are people who believe that
more danger lurks in a cheap restaurant
than in a hospital of yellow fever.
This may be true.—ad.
Albert Hass* Novels.
’’Her Husband's Friend.”
“A Black Adonis.”
“Thy Neighbor’s Wife.”
“Out of Wedlock.”
"Their Marriage Bond.”
“Sreaking of Ellen.”
“In Stella’s Shadow.".
“The Garston Bigamy.”
“Love Gone Astray."
“Why I’m Single."
“His Private Character."
“Y’oung Miss Giddy.”
At “cut prices,” in book department on
second floor, at Leopold Adler’s.— ad.
Wonderful Midsummer Attractions.
An Invitation is extended to all readers
of the Morning News, and to music lov
ers generally, to call and hear those re
markable Instruments, the Electric plana
and Ihe Aeolian, now on exhibition at the
warerooms of the Ludden & Bates’ South
ern Music House. Here are two instru
ments producing all kinds of music, from
the works of the great masters down to
the rag time coon craze of the day, and
that, too, without the need of any musical
knowledge on the part of the manipulator
Call early and be prepared for a genuine
surprise. Truly wonderful, sure. By the
way, Hidden & Bates, in addition to their
line of standard new Instruments, have
some special bargains for mid-summer
piano buyers, among which may be men
tioned one each Bteinway. Mason & Ham
lin, Chase, Mathushek and Sterling little
used, good as new, but prices cut way
down. If you want something fine at a bi
saving on original prices take our advice
and call there quick and make your se
lection before your friends and neighbors
get ahead of you.
Men’s Foulard Slllc Neckwear,
Comprising tecks, puffs and graduating
four-in-hands; also light summer silks
in checks and stripes. In light and dark
effects—the newest and nobbiest colorings,
made expressly for fine furnishing goods
trade; good value at 50c and 75c; special
each, only 27c. At Leopold Adler’s.-ad. ’
Don’t wait to get eick. If you are well,
keep well by using Johnson’s Tonic. The
man that boasted that he had never been
sick confessed, after taking a thorough
course of Johnson’s Tonic, that he had
never been well before In his life. John
son's Tonic Is a great builder up of poor
health.—ad.
Look for the Wheel In the Bottle
And you wifi be sure of getting the genu
ine imported Belfast Ginger Ale—of Wheel
er Belfast Ginger Ale—which Is as fine as
silk, pure and delicious, nothing finer; an
excellent drink in this weather; good for
dyspepsia and general debility. Agents,
Lippman Bros., Wholesale Druggists, Sa
vannah, Ga.—ad.
The consumer of tea should always use
the best and not overlook calling for Tet
ley’s teas, which are universally known
as the best, are full weigh!, in lead pack
ets. Do not lie deceived, by acepting In
ferior an article, to enchance profits, when
the best Is in sight. Insist on Tetley s
teas. Every first-class grocer carries this
tea In stock.—ad.
Garden
Hose,
Reels,
Nozzles,
All Kinds.
Cor. Congress and Whitaksr Streets.
LEO FRANK.
Two Reasons
Why you should use a
Qas Dange.
Ist.
St Saves IVSoney.
2nd.
St Saves Heat.
These are
Straight Good
Economical
Reasons,
And mein much to every house
hold. We can show you other
good reasons.
MUTUAL CAS LICHT CO,
7 and 9 Cjngre.it Street, West.